Dirac brings high-quality audio to new FUJITSU laptops

Source: Dirac. The LIFEBOOK U9311 business laptop in black.
Source: Dirac. The LIFEBOOK U9311 business laptop in black.

Swedish digital audio pioneer Dirac has announced that Fujitsu’s LIFEBOOK U9311 and U9311X business laptops, produced by Fujitsu Client Computing and sold by Fujitsu Limited, include Dirac audio technology to deliver an immersive sound experience with upgraded sound quality for various use cases.

The Dirac-enabled Fujitsu`s new LIFEBOOK models feature selectable audio modes for teleconferencing, music-listening, and movie-watching that enhance the audio experience of each use case. 

“Laptops are like smartphones in that they’re used for multiple purposes and in many different locations,” says Erik Rudolphi, Dirac’s VP of Strategic Partnerships.

“As an established leader in delivering high-quality audio to mobile devices, Dirac is now increasingly applying its audio expertise to the PC market, where audio quality remains a critical factor to the overall user experience.”

“Dirac has been integrated into 500 million smartphone devices worldwide since 2012, and is featured in some of the world’s most high-end home and professional audio systems; we understand high-quality audio, and how to effectively engineer it into small, portable devices,” he added.

“Through our work with Fujitsu, we’re now applying this expertise to the laptop market to enable its LIFEBOOK lineup with peak audio performance otherwise not possible from such a small form factor.”

The Dirac-enabled Fujitsu LIFEBOOK models include three pre-programmed, user-selectable audio modes:

• Voice Mode is programmed for enhanced voice intelligibility and crisper, clearer spoken audio.

• Music Mode delivers clearer, more balanced sound with tighter bass and richer detail.

• Movie Mode is optimised to deliver an immersive experience with expanded soundscape, crisp dialogue and powerful bass.

There is also a Custom Mode, which allows the users to adjust the laptop’s sound to their own preferences.

Dirac’s patented impulse and frequency response correction digitally upgrades the sound performance of laptop speakers, and creates an expanded, natural soundscape from small speakers placed adjacent to each other. Taken together, Dirac’s sound technologies enable a richer sound experience from laptops – all without any expensive hardware upgrades.

Dirac and Fujitsu began their corporate collaboration in 2018, when Dirac’s audio technology was integrated into Fujitsu’s ESPRIMO lineup of personal computers. The company’s leading-edge technology also enhances audio for smartphones, headphones, automobiles, and home theatres, through collaborations with brands such as ASUS, Klipsch, RHA, OPPO, Rolls Royce, Bentley, and Harman, among many others.

The Dirac-enabled LIFEBOOK U9311 and U9311X laptops are available for purchase in Asia Pacific including Japan and the Middle East from February 2021.

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